After offloading premium motor spirit, to a filling station along Owerri/Onitsha express road, a tanker had exploded upon collision with a bus on 14 August.
The incident which had occurred particularly at Irete, Owerri West local government area of Imo state, killed a woman and injured three persons while the rescue operation was still ongoing at the time.
According to an eyewitness, he said that the incident happened as the tanker was navigating to make U-turn when a bus carrying pineapple collided with the tanker and it exploded. The passengers of the bus were the ones that were affected mostly including the woman
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The incident which was said to have happened around 11:05 am, attracted hundreds of passersby also led to heavy gridlock along the ever-busy Owerri/Onitsha highway.
He said: “We are standing here watching the tanker struggling to turn from this point it wasted time because the vehicle was too long. While we are even helping to direct the tanker before you know it, a bus heading to Owerri to offload bunches of pineapple now hit the tanker and it exploded like a bomb.”
Confirming the incident, the Director of Fire Service in Imo state, Japhate Okereafor, said: “We are there and we can confirm that one person has died and three persons injured. It was a tanker explosion that caught fire. The tanker was on motion when it exploded. “At this point, we have effectively battle the incident and controlled it. My men are ground and we are doing our best to restore calmness in the area.”
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